The Rare Breeding Birds Panel
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We encourage and support the recording of rare breeding birds in the UK, collate data in order to report annually on their numbers, trends and distribution, and maintain a secure archive to support conservation and research on these species.
Most other species near our 2,000 pr threshold are concentrated into relatively few breeding sites (e.g. Med Gull), or have a significant annual monitoring effort (e.g. Peregrine). These make data collation, often of a high % of the pop, comparatively easy. This certainly isn’t true for Willow Tit
November 25, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Most other species near our 2,000 pr threshold are concentrated into relatively few breeding sites (e.g. Med Gull), or have a significant annual monitoring effort (e.g. Peregrine). These make data collation, often of a high % of the pop, comparatively easy. This certainly isn’t true for Willow Tit
There was a good case, yes, but with a population nearly three times our threshold, we felt that this was too much mission creep, especially given our limited resources. Hopefully repeated national surveys will track the population, and more effectively than our data collation could.
November 25, 2025 at 10:31 PM
There was a good case, yes, but with a population nearly three times our threshold, we felt that this was too much mission creep, especially given our limited resources. Hopefully repeated national surveys will track the population, and more effectively than our data collation could.
A summary table of 2023 RBBP stats, giving population estimates and trends for these raptors and all rare breeding bird species, can be found at rbbp.org.uk/wp-content/u...
rbbp.org.uk
November 9, 2025 at 8:45 AM
A summary table of 2023 RBBP stats, giving population estimates and trends for these raptors and all rare breeding bird species, can be found at rbbp.org.uk/wp-content/u...
You can read about all the RBBP’s members at rbbp.org.uk/panel-member...
Panel membership
RBBP Membership
The current Panel members are (left to right in this photo):
Helen Baker
Professor David Norman
Andy Stanbury
Dr Mark A. Eaton (Secretary)
Mark Holling
Dr Ian S. Francis
Dawn E...
rbbp.org.uk
November 7, 2025 at 12:01 PM
You can read about all the RBBP’s members at rbbp.org.uk/panel-member...
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November 7, 2025 at 10:19 AM